NHTSA complaint: 2009 BUICK LUCERNE — ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING IN PETOSKEY THE CAR STARTED TO MISS AN BACKFIRING THEN THE MOTOR STOP RUNNING. I COULDN'T STOP OR STEER THE CAR. AFTER I GOT THE CAR FINELY STOPPED THE CAR WOULDN'T START UP AN I COULD SMELL LIKE WIRE BURNING. I HAD THE CAR DELIVERED TO AN AUTO SHOP BROWN MOTORS IN HARBOR SPRINGS MI. AFTER THE DIAGNOSIS THEY FOUND THAT THE FUSE BLOCK UNDER THE REAR SEAT WAS BURNED UP AT THE FUEL PUMP FUSE, AN WAS ON FIRE AT ONE TIME.. THE FUSE BLOCK WAS BEYOND FIXING AN NEEDED A NEW ONE INSTALLED. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCH, BUT THIS ISN'T WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE CARS, I DON' BELIEVE THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH ON THERE RECALL ARE WHAT IS WRONG, I BELIEVE THAT THE FUSE BLOCK IS WHAT WRONG WITH THERE RECALLS WHEN THE FUSE SHORTS OUT THE FUEL PUMP STOPS AN SO DOES THE CAR MOTOR. STRANGE THAT THE CAR DEALERS FOR SOME REASON HAS THEM IN STOCK, THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON ALL CAR WITH THIS TYPE OF FUSE BOX, THIS IS WHAT CAUSING THESE CAR TO STOP RUNNING AN GET IN A ACCIDENTS. TO DAY I GOT LUCKY. *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation